Nearly half of eligible Olmsted County teens have started COVID-19 vaccinations
Public health officials continue push to vaccinate 16- to 17-year-olds as federal approval for younger residents is pending.
1:50 pm, May 4, 2021
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A COVID-19 vaccination is prepared to be administered. Forum News Service file photo
Nearly 50 percent of Olmsted County’s 16- and 17-year-olds have received at least one dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
“Where our efforts have been focused in the last few weeks is the 16- to 17-year-olds, knowing that access might be a little bit trickier (for them),”
The Pfizer vaccine is the only option approved for the age group, so public health officials have been taking available doses to high schools to make the vaccines available to eligible teens.